A peck on the cheek

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Family and Friends ................................................ 5 Family Trait ................................................................... 6 Potluck Friendship .......................................................... 7 Family Perspective .......................................................... 8 Extensive Family ............................................................ 9 From the Heart ............................................................ 10 If it goes wrong ............................................................ 11 New Flatmate............................................................... 12 Life's Left Overs ........................................................... 13 Blinding Brother ........................................................... 14 2

Love .................................................................... 17 You here? .................................................................... 18 You are my star ........................................................... 19 This is just to say ......................................................... 20 Puzzle Personality ......................................................... 21 Vicious Circle ............................................................... 22 Longing for Love........................................................... 23 Translations ................................................................. 24 A twosome .................................................................. 25 The Connoisseur ........................................................... 26 The Present ................................................................. 27 3

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Family and Friends

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Family Trait Looking up into your blushed face I remember how we met.

How you charmed me with your amazing sense of humour And that smile that breaks out of your eyes.

While you brush my hair out of my eyes I think of the time when I first met your dad, The only person with whom I’ve heard you laugh.

Together we look at this bundle I’m holding And I’m looking forward to the time When your loving smile Will turn into roaring laughter.

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Potluck Friendship The more you put in it the more interesting it gets The more there is in it the bigger the mess when it breaks

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Family Perspective ‚Family will always come first‘ my father used to say And I smiled and pitied him for not knowing true friendship I love him now for not smiling when my friends say ‚Sorry, family-engagement‘

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Extensive Family Members entering Members parting Conflicts brewing Gossip flowing Problems drowning

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From the Heart Mother with two kids overtaking on your right on your left an old biddy with a granny-mobile In front of you a pyramid of pantetone and to its right the Salvation Army.

So put your left foot between the granny and her mobile and keep the right foot up a second too long, then, place it just behind the kids that have passed.

Then, without delay, lift your left foot before the trolley hits you.

Now, walking past the panetone on the left, take a deep breath recall the faces of your friends and go on Christmas shopping with the smile only they can bring to your face

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If it goes wrong Will they say: “Oops, that wasn’t your best.” and give me a pat on my back.

Or will they say: “Hey, it wasn’t that bad.” turn around and go yakkity-yack

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New Flatmate Now when I come home I don't trip over your shoes When I want to have a drink I don't have to hunt for a glass in our flat and I don't have to fight my way through the fridge to find the juice.

And when I want to read the newspaper I don't have to look for International Affairs in your bedroom Humour in the loo and what remains in the kitchen.

Now when I come home I look at that shut bedroom door and wonder if SHE's home.

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Life's Left Overs The toughest thing about clearing out his belongings is the knowledge that once I'm done all that will remain is a shoebox with papers and photos to be stored on the rickety bookshelf in the attic.

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Blinding Brother Do you know the feeling when you prepared the welcome ceremony and your parents kiss HIM first?

Do you know the feeling when He and your mum share a joke and they tell you that you won’t get it anyway.

Do you know the feeling when He gets to choose the pudding even though He doesn’t like sweets?

Do you know the feeling when your story gets interrupted just because He should be getting back from school now.

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Do you know the feeling when your parents call from their holiday to ask how He is doing?

Do you know that one day you’ll wake up and realise that they loved you all along.

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Love

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You here?

What are you doing here? You should be up there with all the other stars.

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You are my star It’s not so much your knowledge But the passion you display When you look at the stars Not so much that you have But how you deal with the insights That you get from the stars But most of all It’s looking you in your eyes And seeing them sparkle.

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This is just to say I have stolen the heart that was firmly set in your bosom and which you were probably guarding from pain Forgive me it seemed to be calling me so sweet and so warm 20

Puzzle Personality It must be the buzz I feel every time I get a glimpse of your gentleness peeping through the cracks of your armour that makes me persevere.

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Vicious Circle All you want is To go for a drink so that He can tell you why He can’t manage to find The time to go out with you

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Longing for Love Longing for love means Trying to please people who Hate servility.

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Translations Good to see you too! is what they say when they want to be somewhere else.

What are your plans now? is what they say when they want to be on their own.

Yes, I love you too. is what they say when they want you to shut up.

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A twosome getting up preparing tea having breakfast doing housework preparing lunch

sipping coffee engaging in work permitting a break resuming work having lunch

washing up taking a nap

talking a nap resuming work having tea

finishing work preparing dinner

socialising relaxing having dinner

washing up relaxing going to bed

indulging in a hobby retiring falling asleep belonging together

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The Connoisseur I can feel your hand on my arm Sliding down gently Touching each of my fingers Interlocking them with yours Releasing them again and Softly stroking my hand.

And when I open my eyes I see That yours are closed.

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The Present When the bus arrives I take her left hand her right tightly holding on to the box.

I make sure she gets into the bus safely and direct her to a seat her eyes- shining bright with excitementare glued to the box and her mouth is smiling broadly Once seated she carefully places the box on her knees her expression changing slightly as she concentrates on the details printed on the box 27

When she looks at the picture her smile broadens again and her eyes seem to caress the box I nudge her and say You look like a little girl receiving her first present.

She looks at me, her smile changing yet again, and gives me a very adult kiss.

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